Anybody have recommends on a good product To revive all the dryed & faded teak on my boat?.............thnx, Scippy

I've used teak cleaner followed by teak brightener and then teak oil with good results Pete.
you can buy a kit with all 3 products in one package.
Check out amazon or eBay

Believe it or no try some transmission fluid. Red kind. Not slippery either

Hate to say it , but sanding , sanding and more sanding .
I've used those 2-3 part cleaners before and the finish that they leave before you're supposed to apply the oil looks like beat up terry cloth .

And another thing . When buying teak oil read the labels very carefully . If you see the word 'sealer' used anywhere keep looking . You want only an 'oil' not an oil with sealer. Teak oils with sealers in them dry to a varnish like finish and that's a whole other kettle of fish .

sanding or using a pressure washer always worked well for me. If the wood was not in bad condition, I would just sand it. If it was very dirty, the pressure washer would clean it out really well. Looks a little fuzzy afterwards. Then come along with a real fine grit sand paper and smooth it out. Finally, apply teak oil. I used the little foam paint brushes as a cloth rag tends to leave little fuzz bunnies behind. It is a pain in the ass to keep up with, but, looks great when clean and oiled up.

I have done a ton of teak maintaince, grew up doing it from the age of 10 on my dads 50 foot S&S sailboat .

Use the Te-Ka brand 2 part cleaner with a brush. The first part cleans it and makes it look all grungy brown.Rinse it real good and follow it with the 2nd part which is a brightener. Than rinse real good the whole area you worked in.

Let it dry for a couple days than oil it with a couple coats , be very careful putting the oil on because you won't see it until it dries but the gelcoat will soak up that oil like a sponge and get stained so bad you will never get the stain out.

I would put a coat of wax on the gelcoat around the area of the teak. Than tape it off and apply 2 quick coats around the edge where the team meets the gelcoat. .

Than pull the tape and clean up the gelcoat with a rag dipped on laucquer thinner or acetone.


Or if you have a pressure washer just blow it clean and run over it with a little sandpaper and leave it natural with no oil.

In my opinion the oil actually promotes the wood getting dirty and mildewed. But it sure looks Sweet all oiled up.

That's the same sht I used back in the early 70's that is the reason for my remark about 2 part 'miracle' cleaners . Once you see what it does to the wood you realize that you'd have been better off sanding in the first instance. And trust me , I hate sanding .
There's no easy way around getting teak to look really good (and smooth) .

Over time cleaners, brushes and pressure washing can erode the pulp between the wood grains and that's why no matter how much you oil it, it looks like it is hairy and dull. If you clean and oil it and it looks poor, then sanding is the only way to get the woodgrain and pulp back down flush.

Depending on the look you want, clean it with sudsy ammonia and a 3m doodlebug. It will clean it, and look natural. No need to oil it. We used to do that when I worked on big white boats.

the cleaner is drano. the brightener is some weaker than muriatic acid. oxalic or phos-something. beautiful job no work at all. every time you do it there is less teak left than last time.